The Zambian heavyweights slumped to a loss on Thursday and the technical bench head has since explained why the duo was excluded
Zesco United coach Numba Mumamba has revealed Kenyans Jesse Were and Ian Otieno were excluded from the team that fell 2-0 to Kafue Celtic owing to disciplinary issues.
In the match played at Edwin Imboela Stadium in Lusaka on Thursday, Joel Bwalya opened the scoring in the 29th minute before Richard Daka doubled the advantage in the 61st minute to hand the league debutants maximum points.
Kelvin Kampamba, Solomon Sakala, Dickson Chapa, Gregory Sanjase, and Simon Silwimba were also missing from the team after joining the Zambia national team ahead of their 2022 World Cup qualification double-header against Equatorial Guinea.